"Attention all teams! The target has escaped!"
"Attention all teams! The target has escaped!"
...
Inside the Penglai Branch Building, the previous calm was gone, replaced by the piercing sound of alarms, and on every floor, armed-to-the-teeth tactical teams could be seen moving swiftly.
Even outside the building, the atmosphere was tense as several armed helicopters had taken to the sky, circling the building, thoroughly investigating the surroundings, making it seem like a large-scale terrorist attack had occurred.
"This damn company really prepared quite a few opponents for me... but all of this is futile!"
At that moment, Wang Zhifan activated the deceptive ability of the Deceitful Shadow Shoes, sliding into the underground like his several Dream Me Avatars, perfectly concealing himself. Simultaneously, he directed each avatar towards the Penglai Building, entering the walls to quickly and stealthily search for the target he was looking for.
This demonstrated the advantage of cross-system combat; even though his current enemies possessed formidable modern firepower and had a clear numerical advantage, he simply didn’t need to confront them head-on, able to ignore them entirely as he plunged into the enemy’s stronghold and dealt a dimensionality reduction strike.
While Wang Zhifan controlled several Dream Me Avatars to search for the target, those who were on his mind were also tense and busy.
Mr. Qian sat in his office listening to the alarms sounding above him, a flash of surprise in his eyes, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead. He then quickly stood up, prepared to leave.
Diana, a blonde special agent with blue eyes, was hiding in a secret room, wearing a head-mounted headset and rapidly issuing commands into the microphone near her mouth. Meanwhile, her eyes were fixed on a large screen in front of her, searching constantly for a particular target.
In the center of the screen was an empty room, with a vacant executive chair at its center. Surrounding this were live surveillance feeds from key areas around the building, showing armed tactical teams moving quickly across the screens. Despite their professionalism, the tension in Diana’s knitted brow suggested her work was not progressing smoothly.
A while later, the Penglai Building was still filled with armed teams searching for the target, while several armed helicopters continued to circle outside, maintaining vigilance. However, not a trace of the target had been found.
Mr. Qian nervously stepped out of an elevator, intending to personally ascertain the situation with someone. As he passed a wide-open office door, a tall figure suddenly appeared behind him, covering his mouth and swiftly dragging him into the room before quickly closing the door.
"Don’t shout or move, or I’ll kill you."
The suddenly appearing and acting tall young man was indeed Wang Zhifan, who had directly transitioned here after identifying his target. One moment he had been hiding underground in an uninhabited area kilometers away, and then, using his entering dreams and breaking dreams abilities, he had swiftly moved to this location.
Under the warning in his words and eyes, Mr. Qian quickly fell silent, and Wang Zhifan released his physical control over him.
"Who suggested capturing me for research experiments? Don’t lie, you’re not the only person I’ve asked."
With a stern gaze, Wang Zhifan posed this rather crucial question to the refined-looking man before him.
"I heard it’s someone from your syndicate... I’ve never met him, and I don’t know who he truly is..."
Under Wang Zhifan’s gaze—so fearsome it seemed almost to inflict physical pain—Mr. Qian hesitated little before answering, his body trembling slightly, clearly oppressed by Wang’s intimidating aura.
"How do you know it was him if you’ve never met him? Who told you?"
Wang Zhifan continued to press aggressively.
"It was...a colleague of mine...he met with that person and then reported the plan..."
Mr. Qian felt his spirit nearly crushed by the invisible pressure emanating from the young man before him, with great difficulty focusing his will to resist, divulging everything with only slight hesitation.
"Where is this colleague now? What’s his name? What does he look like?"
Wang Zhifan continued to press him for information while directing the Dream Me Avatars traversing the building to search.
But before Mr. Qian could clearly explain the matter, several armed teams outside the room began to surround and approach, and then a woman’s voice was heard from outside the door:
"Mr. Wang, please do not harm our employee. If you have any demands, please state them directly. I apologize on behalf of the company for the earlier offense. We are willing to negotiate equal and honest cooperation with you..."
The voice was unmistakably that of Diana, who had somehow found Wang Zhifan so quickly after his appearance.
"Equal and honest cooperation? Haha...do you think you still have that opportunity?"
At this moment, Wang Zhifan used a bit of ice energy to completely control Mr. Qian beside him, then replied to the woman outside, mocking her empty words and contradictory actions.